Philosophical Anthropology

Year
0
Academic year
2022-2023
Code
01013497
Subject Area
Área Científica do Menor
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Elective
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

- Theoretical presentations by the teacher;

 - Presentations by the students;

- Analysis and commentary of text;

- Discussion on texts and problems.

Learning Outcomes

a) Oral and written skills in concepts of the Philosophical Anthropology;

b) Direct knowledge of some main texts of the Philosophical Anthropology ;

c) Skills of text interpretation;

d) Initiation into methods and practices of scientific research in Philosophical Anthropology.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. The course is based on the mandatory reading and discussion of the reference works (either of the integral works or of parts of it selected by the professor) complemented by topics and excerpts of the primary bibliography. Expositions and discussions, based on these works, will be oriented by the following topics:

1. Man and Nature

1.1. The biological data, evolution and the process of humanization

1.2. The human body, the face and the hand

1,3, Crying, laughing and other anthropological phenomena

2. Man as cultural and symbolic animal

2.1. Language

2.2. Image-making, art, objectivity, truth and falsity

3. The moral life

3.1. The second person

3.2. Recognition, guilt and forgiveness

3.3. Sexuality and family

3.4. Ethical, political and religious institutions

3.5. The sacred

3.6. Love and death

4. Crisis of the human? Human and post-human.

Head Lecturer(s)

Diogo Falcão Ferrer

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Other: 10.0%
Mini Tests: 30.0%
Synthesis work: 60.0%

Bibliography

Referência:

JONAS, O Princípio Vida: Fundamentos para uma Biologia Filosófica. tr. C. Pereira, Petrópolis, 2004.

SCRUTON, A Natureza Humana. tr. M. Carmo, Lisboa, 2017.

TOMASELLO, The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition. Cambridge, 1999.

Primária:

BRUN, A Mão e o Espírito. tr. A. Morão, Lisboa, 1991.

BUBER, Que es el hombre?. tr. E. Ímaz, Mexico, 2012.

CASSIRER, Ensaio sobre o Homem. tr. C. Branco, Lisboa, 1995.

CORETH, O que é o Homem?: Elementos para uma Antropologia Filosófica. tr. M. Stiegeler, 1988.

DAWKINS, O Gene Egoísta. tr. A. Abreu, Lisboa, 2010.

FICHTE, Fundamentos do Direito Natural. tr. J. Lamego, Lisboa, 2012,

FREUD, O Mal-Estar na Civilização. tr. I. Silva, Lisboa, 2008.

FREUD, Totem e Tabu. tr. L. Almeida, Lisboa, 2001.

HEGEL, Enciclopédia das Ciências Filosóficas. Volume III, §§ 392-401, tr. P. Meneses, São Paulo, 1995.

NIETZSCHE, Para a Genealogia da Moral. tr. J. Justo, Lisboa, 1999.

SCRUTON, Sexual Desire: A Philosophical Investigation. London/New York, 1986.